by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Nov 5, 2021 | 2022 midterm elections, Ageism, Biases, COVID, Critical Race Theory, culture wars, Economic inequality, Featured Post, Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, healthcare disparities, Joe Biden, Maid by Stephanie Land, Opioid Epidemic, Polarization in America, Politics and Healthcare, Poverty and healthcare, Progressive Values, Racism in America, Ray Suarez, Social Determinants of Health, Virginia race for governor
November 5, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Have You Ever Been Broke? The newspapers are pointing out what a difference a year makes. According to the speculations in an article by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns published in the New York Times on...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 15, 2021 | ACA, Atrius Health, Carilion Clinic, Costs, Crossing the Quality Chasm, Don Berwick, Dr. Ed Murphy, Elizabeth Warren, Featured Post, Health in America, Healthcare Transformation, out of pocket healthcare costs, physician culture, Politics and Healthcare, Progressive Values, The Triple Aim, Waste in healthcare
October 15, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Thinking About Our Failures And The Challenges Ahead My wife enjoys Facebook and Instagram despite the recent controversies generated by the whistleblower revelation of the darker side of Facebook management. She...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | May 21, 2021 | 2020 Presidential Debates, ACA, Adaptive Change, Economic inequality, Elizabeth Warren, Emerging from the pandemic, Featured Post, Health Care Policy in the Wake of COVID-19, Inequality, Kearsarge Neighborhood Partners, Medicare For All, Persist by Elizabeth Warren, Poverty and healthcare, Progressive Values, Social Determinants of Health, The Public Option, The Triple Aim, The World After COVID-19, Universal Access
May 21, 2021 Dear Interested Readers, Getting Reoriented I was surprised and delighted last Friday when Amazon delivered Elizabeth Warren’s new book, Persist, two days before its official publication date. I was eager to read what she had to say...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Oct 30, 2020 | ACA, Angus Deaton and Anne Case, David Brooks, Disruptive Innovation, Donald Trump's management of COVID-19, E.J. Dione, Economic inequality, Empathy, Equity, Featured Post, Hopes in the Future for a Bipartisan Healthcare Process, Jennifer Rubin, Paul Krugman, Progressive Values, Public Health, The 2020 elections, Tom Friedman
October 30, 2020 Dear Interested Readers, It’s About Worthiness For Office, And Much More I am so happy that election day is almost here. I have been averaging over fifty political ads a day in my email. Political ads fill all of the air time on...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Feb 18, 2020 | Amitai Etzioni, Communitarianism, Conservative Values, Era 3: the moral era, Featured Post, Liberal Values, Polarization in America, Progressive Values, Social Determinants of Health, The Triple Aim
More often than I like to admit, I am surprised and embarrassed by my lack of familiarity with something that is news to me that has been general knowledge for others for some time. It happened again this week. I had never heard of communitarianism or Amitai...
by Dr. Gene Lindsey | Dec 24, 2019 | Advent and Christmas, Conservative Values, Empathy, Featured Post, Hanukkah, Health in America, Liberal Values, Making America Great Again, Medicare For All, Polarization in America, Progressive Values, The Triple Aim
This year Christmas falls in the middle of Hanukkah. I think the overlap creates an opportunity to celebrate the deeper meaning that is shared between these overlapping religious traditions. Both holidays are celebrated near the winter solstice, a time...
